By Erika Alfaro Erika Alfaro, a Santa Cruz resident and pediatric nurse case manager, was one of dozens from across California who implored regulators to limit the use of 1,3-dichloropropene on crops during a recent hearing in Sacramento. The regulatory board has...
Even before birth, parents do everything they can to keep their children safe. Expecting mothers avoid alcohol and refrain from eating specific types of seafood to avoid high levels of mercury, a known neurotoxicant. Unfortunately, there are things in the...